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Drafts journal-ready cover letters for manuscript submission.
Install Cover Letter Drafter
$ npx skills add aipoch/medical-research-skills --skill cover-letter-drafter -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install aipoch/medical-research-skills cover-letter-drafter --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/'awesome-med-research-skills/Academic Writing/cover-letter-drafter' .claude/skills/cover-letter-drafter && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "cover-letter-drafter" agent skill from https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills/tree/main/awesome-med-research-skills/Academic%20Writing/cover-letter-drafter into .claude/skills/cover-letter-drafter/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cover-letter-drafter", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills/tree/main/awesome-med-research-skills/Academic%20Writing/cover-letter-drafterType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add aipoch/medical-research-skills --skill cover-letter-drafter -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install aipoch/medical-research-skills cover-letter-drafter --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/'awesome-med-research-skills/Academic Writing/cover-letter-drafter' .agents/skills/cover-letter-drafter && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "cover-letter-drafter" agent skill from https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills/tree/main/awesome-med-research-skills/Academic%20Writing/cover-letter-drafter into .agents/skills/cover-letter-drafter/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cover-letter-drafter", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add aipoch/medical-research-skills --skill cover-letter-drafter -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install aipoch/medical-research-skills cover-letter-drafter --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/'awesome-med-research-skills/Academic Writing/cover-letter-drafter' .cursor/skills/cover-letter-drafter && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "cover-letter-drafter" agent skill from https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills/tree/main/awesome-med-research-skills/Academic%20Writing/cover-letter-drafter into .cursor/skills/cover-letter-drafter/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cover-letter-drafter", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills.git --path 'awesome-med-research-skills/Academic Writing/cover-letter-drafter'--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add aipoch/medical-research-skills --skill cover-letter-drafter -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install aipoch/medical-research-skills cover-letter-drafter --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/'awesome-med-research-skills/Academic Writing/cover-letter-drafter' .gemini/skills/cover-letter-drafter && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "cover-letter-drafter" agent skill from https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills/tree/main/awesome-med-research-skills/Academic%20Writing/cover-letter-drafter into .gemini/skills/cover-letter-drafter/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cover-letter-drafter", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install aipoch/medical-research-skills cover-letter-drafterInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add aipoch/medical-research-skills --skill cover-letter-drafter -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/'awesome-med-research-skills/Academic Writing/cover-letter-drafter' .github/skills/cover-letter-drafter && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "cover-letter-drafter" agent skill from https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills/tree/main/awesome-med-research-skills/Academic%20Writing/cover-letter-drafter into .github/skills/cover-letter-drafter/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cover-letter-drafter", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add aipoch/medical-research-skills --skill cover-letter-drafter -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install aipoch/medical-research-skills cover-letter-drafter --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/'awesome-med-research-skills/Academic Writing/cover-letter-drafter' .opencode/skills/cover-letter-drafter && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "cover-letter-drafter" agent skill from https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills/tree/main/awesome-med-research-skills/Academic%20Writing/cover-letter-drafter into .opencode/skills/cover-letter-drafter/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cover-letter-drafter", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
cover-letter-drafter- GitHub stars
- 1.9k
- Token cost
- ~1.4k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 656 words
- Files
- 4 (incl. references, assets)
- Skills in repo
- 578
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Drafts journal-ready cover letters for manuscript submission.
- Works in 4 steps: Collect Required Inputs → Draft the Cover Letter → Calibrate Tone and Length → …
- Preparing a submission package
- SKILL.md covers When to Use, Input Validation, Core Workflow and Hard Rules, plus 1 more section
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Cover Letter Drafter is an agent skill from aipoch/medical-research-skills. Drafts journal-ready cover letters for manuscript submission. Use when preparing a submission package, communicating the manuscript's contributions and journal fit to editors, or tailoring the novelty framing for a specific journal's scope. Also triggers on "write a cover letter for my paper", "draft a submission cover letter", "help me write to the editor", or "cover letter for [journal name]".
Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 5 other files, including reference files and assets (for example `assets/cover_letter_template.md`, `eval_report_cover-letter-drafter_result.json` and `references/guide.md`).
It sits in Business, Finance & HR, covering Resume and CV writing. The repository describes itself as: Hundreds of agent skills for medical research, including protocol design, data analysis, evidence insights, and academic writing. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Preparing a submission package
- Communicating the manuscripts contributions and journal fit to editors
- Tailoring the novelty framing for a specific journals scope
- Write a cover letter for my paper
Example prompts
- “s scope. Also triggers on”
- “draft a submission cover letter”
- “help me write to the editor”
- “/cover-letter-drafter”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 686e09d. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Cover Letter Drafter loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.6k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 105 tokens; SKILL.md has 656 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from aipoch/medical-research-skills at commit 686e09d, republished under its MIT licence (© aipoch). 656 words, ~1,433 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/cover-letter-drafter/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 3 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- cover-letter-drafter
- description
- Drafts journal-ready cover letters for manuscript submission. Use when preparing a submission package, communicating the manuscript's contributions and journal fit to editors, or tailoring the novelty framing for a specific journal's scope. Also triggers on "write a cover letter for my paper", "draft a submission cover letter", "help me write to the editor", or "cover letter for [journal name]".
- license
- MIT
- author
- AIPOCH
Cover Letter Generator
You are a biomedical writing specialist for journal cover letters. Your output is a complete, editor-facing letter that frames the manuscript's importance, novelty, and journal fit concisely and professionally.
When to Use
- Drafting the cover letter for initial manuscript submission to a specific journal
- Tailoring the novelty and contribution framing to match a journal's scope and readership
- Organizing required submission statements (originality, authorship approval, conflicts of interest, suggested reviewers)
- Revising a cover letter after rejection for resubmission to a different journal
- Ensuring the cover letter complements rather than repeats the abstract
Input Validation
This skill accepts:
- Manuscript title, author list, corresponding author contact details
- Brief description of the study and its key contributions
- Target journal name and optional scope notes
- Optionally: suggested reviewers, conflicts of interest, required declarations
Out-of-scope:
- Writing the manuscript abstract or main text
- Predicting editorial acceptance likelihood
- Providing legal or compliance advice about disclosure obligations
"Cover Letter Generator drafts the editor-facing cover letter. Provide manuscript details and target journal, and I will write the letter."
Core Workflow
Step 1 — Collect Required Inputs
Mandatory:
- Manuscript title
- Author list and corresponding author (name, email, affiliation)
- Target journal name
- 3–5 key contributions or innovations (what is new about this work)
- One-sentence description of the main finding or result
Optional (but improves quality):
- Journal scope/focus notes or readership description
- Methods summary (1–2 sentences)
- Suggested reviewers (name + institution + rationale for why they are appropriate)
- Conflicts of interest statement
- Any journal-specific required declarations (data availability, ethics, preprint status)
If the manuscript title and target journal are not provided, ask for them before drafting.
Step 2 — Draft the Cover Letter
Structure the letter in 5 paragraphs:
P1 — Submission request + title + journal fit
"We submit our manuscript entitled '[Title]' for consideration in [Journal]. [1–2 sentences on why the manuscript fits the journal's scope and readership.]"
P2 — Core novelty and what is new vs prior work
"[State the central scientific question or gap.] Our study [describe the key innovation — new method, new population, new finding, new evidence level]. Unlike previous work that [brief contrast with prior art], we [what you did differently or additionally]."
P3 — Methods and key quantitative results
"[1–2 sentences summarizing the approach.] Our main finding: [key result with a quantitative anchor if available]. [Optional: secondary finding.]"
P4 — Impact and relevance to readership
"[Why these findings matter to the journal's audience.] [Impact on clinical practice / research direction / field understanding.] [Data/code availability if relevant.]"
P5 — Declarations + closing
"We confirm this manuscript is original, has not been published previously, and is not under consideration elsewhere. All authors have approved the manuscript. [Add journal-specific statements: ethics, data availability, conflicts of interest.] [Suggested reviewers if applicable.] Thank you for your consideration."
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Step 3 — Calibrate Tone and Length
- Length: 300–450 words for most journals; <300 for brief communications or short reports
- Tone: professional, concise, editor-facing (not enthusiastic marketing language)
- Avoid: starting with "We are pleased to submit..."; starting every sentence with "Our"; superlatives like "groundbreaking", "unprecedented"
- Use: direct statements about the finding; clear statement of journal fit; specific contribution language
Step 4 — Final Check
Before delivering, verify:
- Manuscript title matches exactly (capitalization, punctuation)
- Corresponding author details are complete (name, affiliation, email)
- Journal name is stated correctly
- At least one explicit statement on journal-scope fit
- Core novelty stated in ≤3 sentences
- Declarations block present (originality, author approval, COI if any)
- No abstract simply copy-pasted into the letter
- Tone is professional throughout
Hard Rules
- Never fabricate journal acceptance rates, editorial preferences, or peer-reviewer affiliations
- Never write statements asserting acceptance likelihood ("this paper will be of great interest to your reviewers")
- Do not invent contributions or results not provided by the user
- Do not copy-paste the abstract as the cover letter — the letter must add framing context
- If the user has not specified a conflict of interest, use
[Author to confirm: no conflicts of interest / state conflicts]rather than inserting "none" by default
References
→ Cover letter template: assets/cover_letter_template.md → Checklist and output formats: references/guide.md
© aipoch, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
SKILL.md and 3 other files (references, assets) in awesome-med-research-skills/Academic Writing/cover-letter-drafter of aipoch/medical-research-skills.
- SKILL.md
- assets/cover_letter_template.md
- eval_report_cover-letter-drafter_result.json
- references/guide.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 686e09d
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Questions about Cover Letter Drafter
What does Cover Letter Drafter do?
Drafts journal-ready cover letters for manuscript submission. Cover Letter Drafter is an agent skill from aipoch/medical-research-skills. Drafts journal-ready cover letters for manuscript submission.
When should I use Cover Letter Drafter?
Cover Letter Drafter fits situations like: preparing a submission package; communicating the manuscripts contributions and journal fit to editors; tailoring the novelty framing for a specific journals scope; write a cover letter for my paper.
How do I install Cover Letter Drafter in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add aipoch/medical-research-skills --skill cover-letter-drafter -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (awesome-med-research-skills/Academic Writing/cover-letter-drafter in aipoch/medical-research-skills) into .claude/skills/cover-letter-drafter in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Cover Letter Drafter in Codex?
Run `npx skills add aipoch/medical-research-skills --skill cover-letter-drafter -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (awesome-med-research-skills/Academic Writing/cover-letter-drafter in aipoch/medical-research-skills) into .agents/skills/cover-letter-drafter in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Cover Letter Drafter in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add aipoch/medical-research-skills --skill cover-letter-drafter -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/cover-letter-drafter, .gemini/skills/cover-letter-drafter, .github/skills/cover-letter-drafter and .opencode/skills/cover-letter-drafter in your project.
What does Cover Letter Drafter need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Cover Letter Drafter is instructions for the agent only.
Does Cover Letter Drafter access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Cover Letter Drafter safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Cover Letter Drafter use?
Cover Letter Drafter is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Cover Letter Drafter use?
About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 196 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Cover Letter Drafter?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Cover Letter Drafter: Career-Ops Job Search Center (career-ops-hq/career-ops, 74k stars), Reactive Resume Builder (reactive-resume/reactive-resume, 44k stars), Internship Project Preparation Tool (LiuMengxuan04/shushu-internship-tool, 2.1k stars) and Resume Tailoring (varunr89/resume-tailoring-skill, 769 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Cover Letter Drafter?
aipoch (a GitHub organization) maintains it in aipoch/medical-research-skills, which has 1,937 GitHub stars. The repository holds 578 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 17, 2026.
Source: aipoch/medical-research-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.